necrophilia

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Etymology

From necro- +‎ -philia.

From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

Pronunciation

Noun

necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

  1. (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
  2. Sexual activity with corpses.
  3. (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.

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Pronunciation

Noun

necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension

  1. (rare) necrophilia

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative necrophilia necrophiliae
genitive necrophiliae necrophiliārum
dative necrophiliae necrophiliīs
accusative necrophiliam necrophiliās
ablative necrophiliā necrophiliīs
vocative necrophilia necrophiliae
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